I'm not sure what the "original director" comment is about since George Miller has directed all (well mostly all) of the previous three Mad Max movies and has always controlled the franchise. The comment implies that there was a time when someone else was involved.

At any rate, the linked article fails to mention that Miller has been trying to restart the franchise for like ten years. At one point everyone was talking about how Heath Ledger was going to star in the new one, just to give one example. Every few years we get another "almost about to happen this time!" blurb that never amounts to anything. So its way too early to get excited about the latest rumor.

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Is this the only thread for Mad Max?,it's just that i thought we were discussing about Charlize Theron being in it and it being a prequel and Mad Mel* turning down the script etc

A lot of reboots,i get a bit pissed that the original actor isn't being the star(Escape from New York remake not having Kurt Russell for instance...no one else can be snake IMO,no matter how old Kurt Russell is),but i am not that bothered that this wont be Mel Gibson,and quite looking forward to seeing what Tom Hardy can do

This reminds me -- Warner Brothers earlier this year announced plans for a Lethal Weapon re-boot with none of the original cast (Gibson, Glover, etc.) or director (Richard Donner) involved. I predict Chris Hemsworth will be cast in it because it appears he will eventually be cast in everything.

Ironically, Danny Glover is finally, at 61, beyond the age of Murtagh in the movies. Glover was 36 in the first film, playing a character who was turning 50; and 48 at the time of LW4 in 1998.

As far as Mad Max goes, yeah there was long talk of director George Miller and Mel Gibson reuniting one last time. Mel has torpedoed his career sooooo badly with his various outbursts and scandals, that he seems pretty much persona non-grata with the studios.

I'm also convinced his chronic chain smoking resulted in his aging far beyond his 56 years. I'm sure he could still physically get in shape for an action role. But he reminds me a bit of actor William Holden, who died in 1981 at age 63, but really looked at that point more like he was in his mid 70s -- most attributed that to excessive drinking and smoking giving him a "weathered" appearance as he moved into his 50s or so, and good roles dried up for him.

Mad Max is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa. This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived.

and i was wondering if a lot said on that page is still relevant(i know its wiki an all,but it has links etc)

so,is any of this still true?

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In November 2011, filming was moved from Broken Hill to Namibia, after unexpected heavy rains turned the desert there into a lush landscape of wildflowers, inappropriate for the look of the movie. Gibson now has a cameo role as 'Drifter'.[15]

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The plot will be set shortly after the events of Beyond Thunderdome.[12]

As i asked above i am not sure whether this is still the case but Charlize Theron's character is called Imperator Furiosa,with the time its taken and the time its taking,it could very well be two films,but i am sure we would have heard more on that by now

Hmm, on the one hand there look to be some really nice visuals and the groundwork for cool action scenes, but on the other something about the trailer left me feeling hollow. Oh well, it's early, I'm sure I'll bite.

Looks silly. Just another over the top special effects film. I'll watch the real Mad Max or The Road Warrior (good thing they didn't make a third movie and ruin it all ) if I want a gritty car chase movie.

The trailer is all sorts of crazy. Reading up on the background of this, it's a reboot but George Miller decided to go straight to the apocalyptic wasteland story rather than retell the origin story from the very first Mad Max movie. Smart move IMO. The Road Warrior was the best out of all the Max movies and the simplest of stories and it sound like Miller wanted to return to that. I'm really looking forward to this new movie.